Shortly after the last dispatch, I jetted off for a spot of
vacation (which really meant I was checking out the hype behind
Blockchain with a database developer lens at the Blockchain Week NYC), and then some customer
visits in Seoul, which explains the short hiatus. Here’s to
making this more regular as the summer approaches.

I am about to embark on a fairly long trip, covering a few
upcoming appearances: Lisbon for the Percona Engineering meeting,
SouthEastLinuxFest in Charlotte, the …

Years ago when I worked for the MySQL Support
organization at the original MySQL AB, we spoke about MySQL
Support as insurance and focused on a value proposition similar
to that of car insurance. For your car to be fully covered, you
must purchase car insurance before the incident happens –
in fact most places around the world require automobile
insurance. Similarly with many organizations, any production-use
technology might be mandated to have its own insurance in the way
of 24/7 support.

I think however this is a very one-sided view that does not
capture the full value (and ROI) that a MySQL Support contract
with Percona provides. Let’s look at the different dimensions of
value it provides based on the different support cases we have
received throughout the years.

There’s been a fair amount of attention – both positive and
negative – on dual licensing in recent weeks. A few days ago
Brian Aker wrote: “The fact is, there are few, and
growing fewer, opportunities to make money on dual licensing.”

It is a sweeping statement, but one that is worth further
consideration, especially since, as Stephen O’Grady noted it is directly contradicted by Gartner’s
prediction that: “By 2012, at least 70% of the
revenue from commercial OSS will come from vendor-centric
projects with dual-license business models.”

Success?

I remember reading this prediction back in December but
dismissing it as …

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